pif

[Bill Campbell]

On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 05:35:27PM -0600, ronnie gauthier wrote:

>They are in use in all win version except for xp, AFAIK.  The pif file
>allows windows to run DOS apps, its really just a translation file.
>http://ideas.repec.org/wop/mitccs/180.html

The primary use I've seen of PIF files is by Klez and similar worms which
embed themselves in the PIF files to attack the Microsoft virus, Windows.

Bill
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